Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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NEWS SCAN: World-wide flu activity low, H5N1 vaccine, texting flu messages, fewer veterinarians may affect food safety

 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine lessons, H1N1 immune response, cholera update, gene sharing, virus-fighting finding

Nov 3, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera clues, Salmonella in food workers, feds reassess gene stance

Nov 1, 2010

 

IOM report airs lessons of H1N1 vaccination campaign

(CIDRAP News) – A workshop summary released today by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) offers a wide range of observations and suggestions about what worked well and not so well during the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination campaign—a complex, months-long operation with a cast of thousands.

Robert Roos and Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine stoppage, Haiti travel advice, virus-sharing conflicts, egg safety, H1N1 vaccine acceptance

Oct 29, 2010

 

'Henfluenza': Huge flu-like outbreak hit US poultry in 1872

(CIDRAP News) – A disease that might have been highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) killed poultry across much of the United States in 1872 and closely followed a nationwide outbreak of influenza in horses, according to a historical analysis by researchers from the National Institutes of Health.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 deaths, novel flu vaccine, flu shots and Medicaid, H1N1 immunity, Salmonella sleuthing, Mexican vaccine plant

Oct 18, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Eggs for vaccines, cause of Black Death, workplace flu prevention, diarrheal disease survey

 

NEWS SCAN: Resistant Klebsiella strain, egg-linked cases top 1,600, online flu advice, bioterror drug funds, H5N1 strategy

Sep 21, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Hand gel underwhelms, intradermal flu vaccine, bioweapon-detection contract, Tamiflu for H5N1, public health grants, no thimerosal-autism link

 

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